Giulio Padoin & Gabriele Lucherini
Biographie Giulio Padoin & Gabriele Lucherini
Giulio Padoin
graduated with highest honors at the A. Steffani Conservatory in Castelfranco Veneto (Italy) under the guidance of Walter Vestidello. He specialized in early music performance with Marco Testori at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, where he obtained the Master of Arts in baroque cello, and with Christophe Coin at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, where he obtained the Master of Arts in music pedagogy. Also in Basel, he completed a Master of Arts in historical improvisation with Nicola Cumer and Dirk Börner. Since 2023 he has been playing as principal cello with Il Giardino Armonico and Los Elementos Ensemble (Alberto Miguélez Rouco) and works with several groups and orchestras such as Accademia Bizantina, Café Zimmermann, Le Concert d’Astrée (Emmanuele Haïm), Il Pomo d’Oro, Abchordis Ensemble (Andrea Buccarella), Ensemble Estrovagante (Riccardo Doni), Concerto Scirocco (Giulia Genini). With these ensembles he has been playing in important festivals and music halls all over the world. Since 2025, he has been teaching Baroque Cello and Chamber Music for Strings at the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado in Milan. His research for new authors and unreleased music led him to publish a critical edition of a manuscript by Giacomo Facco, with the Spanish label “Música Hispana” (Instituto Complutense de Ciencias Musicales, Madrid), featuring unpublished music for two cellos composed by the Paduan musician during his time in Madrid. He plays a Carlo Annibale Tononi cello (Bologna, ca. 1710).
Gabriele Lucherini
(born 1 August 1990) is an Italian-born pianist based in Basel, whose artistic profile combines historically informed performance, improvisation, and chamber music. He is currently pursuing advanced studies in piano improvisation in Stuttgart. He completed his musical training at the Conservatory “Arrigo Pedrollo” of Vicenza, where he obtained both his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees with highest honors, before continuing his studies in Basel. He earned a Master of Arts in Music Pedagogy at the Basel Music Academy and later specialized in fortepiano at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where he completed a Master’s degree in Specialized Performance followed by a postgraduate program under the guidance of Edoardo Torbianelli. Active as a soloist and chamber musician since 2009, he has performed regularly in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, France, and Brazil. His musical activity reflects a strong interest in historical performance practice and improvisation, alongside an openness to contemporary and jazz-influenced contexts. In 2017, he participated in a CD recording for the label Neos München, featuring contemporary works for violin and piano by Andreas Pflüger. Since 2018, he has been teaching piano at the Music Schools of Frick and Magden. Since August 2025 he is teaching at the «Alte Kanti» high school in Aarau. In 2023 he received a scholarship as an active participant in the International Workshop on Historical Piano Improvisation in Perugia and in 2013, he won the 17th Festival of the Best Italian Graduates in Castrocaro.
